Author Archives: Nicolas Zart

Technology is great and we often celebrate tech breakthroughs and ingenious advances as we wait for even better electric vehicles (EV) and autonomous vehicles (AV), aka self-driving cars. But using services also means dealing with interruptions and breakdowns. Simply put, everything breaks down and can leave you waiting

Disclaimer: I'm writing an electric vehicle (EV) conversion book and come from a classic car collector background, where purity, provenance, and historical significance are the prime values. It wasn't until driving a Tesla Roadster that it became clear to me that the electric motor has more untapped potential and is a lot of fun to drive. That puts my purist nature at odds with my preference for an electric future

Disclaimer: up until now, I've always shied away from electric skateboard tests since the choice was limited with a quality that didn't appeal to me. In an industry that is just starting, one exception is the KingKong Pro electric skateboard (e-skateboard). I've been following of its successful IndieGoGo campaign, which is ending soon (hurry up if you want to jump into that, by the way), and then I landed a review board. As you can guess, 1,800 MW of power spells oodles of fun and smiles! Read on for more details and a short bloopers video

Consumers and researchers have found that giving up personal cars in favor of ride-sharing and app-based ride-hailing can save Americans a lot of money, while other research has found that using electric vehicles can save the drivers significant costs in this business

Electric skateboards, bikes, mopeds, motorcycles, cars, trucks, boats, airplanes, and trains — no matter where we look, all aspects of mobility have been touched or will be touched soon enough by electric powertrains. Ironically, trains were early to electrify, but we're still behind the times in the

To lease or not to lease, that is the question. And it has been the question running in the minds of many carmakers as they ponder how to turn their gasoline car business model around to embrace the relatively low-maintenance electric vehicle (EV)

What do you do with 294,000 dirty, polluting diesel cars you have to remove from the streets? Volkswagen has had to figure that out as it has bought back dieselgate cars and held them as they await government-approved modification to fix the original technical cheats and high emissions

As part of the ever-evolving improvement of battery technology, there's a lot of anode research going on around the world. One idea is to replace commonly used graphite with lithium metal for the anode, and that may have just gotten a notable boost thanks to some research out of New York State's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Never heard of Hackrod? Heard of Siemens? Of course and of course. A new joint venture between the startup and the German industrial giant is now exploring virtual reality (VR) and 3D printing to bring us an electric roadster proof of concept. Yes, it's "just another concept car," but this one seemed worth covering

Haven't heard of HOPR? Don't worry, neither had we until we saw a new press release from the company and thought there was something newsworthy there. The company appears to have a nice solution to improve and supplement the use of electric bicycles (e-bikes)

Solid-state lithium battery research and development is red hot, and all puns unintended, the aim is not only raising the energy density of batteries but also controlling or avoiding the thermal runaway problems found in earlier chemistries

The Sun Flyer 2 is taking its final steps toward the inaugural first flight of its electric two-seat low-wing airplane. After a few successful taxi tests, Bye Aerospace is readying the Sun Flyer 2 to take to the skies

It sounds as if the electric aviation news industry has somewhat tapered down, giving a chance for other competing electric mobility industries to make it into the limelight. But that doesn't mean that the electric aviation industry is sitting idly either. In fact, Sion Power just announced a "breakthrough" in its Location Lithium battery chemistry

The last time we saw a Rolls Royce or a Bentley on a lift, we marveled at the structure of its underpinning. Triangles hold the behemoth together and assure a certain level of stiffness with just enough flexibility. Unfortunately, an electric drivetrain in either a Rolls Royce or a Bentley is still something we've never seen — at least, so far. There are now promises this will change soon

In the first part of our series on whether or not electric vehicles (EV) are safer than comparable gasoline cars, EVs seem to beat traditional cars at least on paper in terms of drivetrain layout freedom. Given that the overall appearance of electric cars typically isn't a dramatic departure from gas/diesel vehicles, normal people probably have no idea how this new vehicle layout is so different. But what can actually be done with that design freedom to make EVs safer

SEAT just announced that it will launch one new car every six months until 2020 in order to lead up to its first fully electric car. The devil is in the details and we wonder if drivers see through what the company is doing

If 2017 was the year of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft, 2018 is shaping up to highlight another interesting electric vehicle (EV) industry trend, that of neighborhood electric vehicles (NEV)

The weather forecast for electric vehicle (EV) naysayers is getting worse. Storms have battered the entrenched camps, and after successful waves of pushback and myth busting, yet another study what we all know → EVs are getting cleaner

Electric bicycles with some pretty fun and even outrageous designs have been spun out there, and today's pick of the litter is no exception. The TRIPL Urban Cargo funky e-scooter blends the lines, offering cargo space elegantly

With all the talk of hyper-performance electric vehicles (EV) and other unobtainium cars, we're happy to report a refreshing story that should appease those unhappy with electric vehicle (EV) affordability. How about a 3D-printed EV for $7,500? And the best part is that you won't have to wait for it very long

Do you ever feel like you're watching some of the most interesting technological development, but at the same pace as glaciers melting? Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) certainly holds a special spot in this department. It has been touted as practical for over a decade now, but we still don't really have it

'60’s café racers and surfing beach cruisers have left an indelible mark on the psyche of a few generations, especially with The Beach Boys grooving on Fender Jaguars and hybrid Norton and Triumph sleekly going from one end of the avenue to the other. We're not talking about a Harley Chopper here. We're talking about British bikes rearranged for more cafe cruising efficiency

Decidedly, Faraday Future (FF) is no stranger to 11th hour, last-minute, dramatic rebounds. Today, the company finally gave some good news after a series of negative strikes that seemed to end its ... future

Autonomous electric vehicles are great, but level 1 autonomous driving is yesterday's reheated spaghetti, while level 5 is the Holy Grail. The problem is that if you were to say this to someone or write it as I just did, most people out there would have no idea what you're talking about. So, how about a step back. Let's take a glimpse at the bigger picture. Let's start with a definition of the levels of autonomous driving that cars can offer

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